A Guide to SkywatchingAuthoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers and historical profiles. |
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Acrux Alpha Altair amateur Andromeda AQUARIUS AQUILA arc seconds Arcturus asteroids astronomers AURIGA Betelgeuse Big Dipper binoculars BOÖTES bright stars brighter brightest star CANIS MAJOR CANIS MINOR CAPRICORNUS CARINA CASSIOPEIA celestial CENTAURUS CEPHEUS CETUS CIRCINUS color comet constellation CORONA CRATER CYGNUS dark Deneb disk dwarf Earth ECLIPTIC ERIDANUS eyepiece fainter Fomalhaut FORNAX GEMINI globular cluster Greek GRUS Hemisphere Hercules Horizon HYDRA HYDRUS inch Jupiter LACERTA LIBRA light look LYRA Magellanic Cloud magnitude meridian 10pm Milky Mira MONOCEROS Moon naked eye Nebula night Northern Observatory observing open cluster OPHIUCHUS orbit Orion PAVO PERSEUS PISCES PISCIS PISCIS AUSTRINUS planetary planets Pleiades Polaris pole PUPPIS Rigel Rigil Kentaurus Sagittarius SCORPIUS seen SERPENS CAUDA Sirius Sky Charts skywatching small telescope Solar System Southern spiral galaxy supernova Taurus TRIANGULUM TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE TUCANA Urania's Mirror Uranus URSA MAJOR variable star VELA VIRGO visible Wil Tirion Zenith